He’s a senator from Alabama- a centrist Democrat. So, it makes sense that he’s going to show up on these lists.

West Virginia is Appalachia, period. It’s geographically Appalachia, culturally Appalachia (with the exception of Potomac Highlands and parts of Morgantown) and economically Appalachia.

Having cash reserves of 100K is nowhere near rich- not by US standards, not by European standards, not by Chinese standards. Not even by Mexican standards.

Absolutely. The wall won’t help or hurt anyone; it’s symbolic bullshit that wastes money but will create some jobs in the short term.

“It is not hair splitting to call out how corporate dem’s and their corrupt mouthpieces like Neera Tanden are going to get us all killed.”

It certainly won’t go anywhere in the near term, no. And, it’s not really needed yet.

Except- UBI hasn’t even come up for a vote among Democrats in congress, let alone Republicans.

Except, the people who put them in office don’t themselves often agree. For example, many of those who voted for Tammy Duckworth are likely unhappy that she voted for this passage. But perhaps a greater percentage of her constituents are relieved that she voted yes.

When saner heads prevail in government, we’ll be compelled to increase the top marginal income tax rates and, to start, implement some sort of a national healthcare program that offers decent coverage to every American. That’s to start.

Absolutely. We make compromises every second of every day over everything from waking to an alarm to driving in the snow to ordering from Amazon.

The only reason UBI is not being implemented at this point is because we have very, very low unemployment.

UBI is a big part of the conversation in the tech community, but we likely won’t be needing it for at least the next thirty years or so, when AI and Robotics mature enough to begin replacing a larger percentage of jobs then at present.

It speeds up the shopping process and gets rid of those long lines Americans always complain about- a good thing.

That’s the first thing I looked for.

Oh, that’s the least I’d require.

Yeah, this is a case where the Republicans may be acting to the right of their own base. 

If the markets begin tanking Monday, the amount of pressure on these Senators to come to an agreement will be cranked up to 11.

It’s not empty symbolism if more women are encouraged to vote.

“To be perfectly honest, at this point I’d settle for a “neo-liberal” than four more years of Trump.”

Corporate dems are excellent on some women’s issues.